Students, parents, and school staff deserve a safe learning environment. Yet recent headlines of violence, bullying, and drug abuse have shown the vulnerability of schools. In this timely and important resource, leading expert Franklin Schargel provides leaders, teachers, counselors, parents, and students with the necessary information to address and diminish safety problems in schools. Creating Safe Schools explores the background and data about the severity of safety issues facing schools today and also provides the strategies and tools to address them. Clearly organized according to issue, this book allows for easy reference and is packed with tools, activities, checklists, strategies, and tips. Coverage includes: Bullying Driving Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco Internet Safety Violent School Incidents Sexual Activity Suicide Truancy/Suspension Youth Gambling This important resource will help educators prevent violence from happening in their schools and provide children with a safe and secure learning environment. Helpful templates and additional resources for educators and parents are available as free downloads at www.routledge.com/9780415734790.
This new guide comes at a time when parents, students, teachers, principals, and other administrators share a very real concern about school safety.
Creating Safe Schools for All Students draws on the latest research, law, and expert judgment to offer educators a comprehensive program for designing safe schools. This book addresses several theoretical...
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This is a comprehensive view of what makes a school feel the way it feels, and what we can do to make it feel safe for every child—and every adult—who walks through its doors.
This book offers a practical and strategic framework for identifying a school s needs with respect to safe schools planning and developing a roadmap for action. It offers specific solutions to common barriers and points of resistance.
However, others have actually identified more incidents of school crime and disruption when SROs are present in schools (Bachman, Randolph, & Brown, 2011; Nickerson & Martens, 2008; Mayer & Leone, 1999; Schreck, Miller & Gibson, ...
Written by two authorities on property law, this book gives students of property a coherent account of how property law works, with an emphasis on describing the central issues and policy debates.
From students with poor home lives, to emotionally unreachable, unmotivated or misbehaving students, this book will take you where other education books fall short...into a solution focused mindset.
This is a masterful volume: comprehensive, accessible, and way overdue.
This guide provides evidence-based strategies that support you as a leader in creating an environment that promotes identity safe students, who experience a challenging curriculum that respects their diverse social identities.